Device for lathing



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S. PERRY.

DEVICE FOR LATHING.

Patented-Jan.16,1883.

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STUART PERRY, OF NEWPORT, NEW YORK.

DEVICE FOR LATHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.270,839, dated January 16, 1883; Application tiled pril 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, STUART PERRY, of Newport, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Lathing; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to y which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for lathing, the object being to provide devices of this character which shall combine simplicity, lightness, and cheapness of construction with ease of operation and durability in use, and which shall not only facilitate the operation of lathing, but also render it less fatiguing to the workmen engaged in it.

With these objects in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view'in perspective-of a swinginglath-frame constructed in accordance with my invention and designed to he employed in the execution of overhead work. Fig. 2 represents two independent lath-bars designedto be used together in lathing side walls, and Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of oneof the bars shown in Fig. 2. Y

The swinging lath-frame represented in Fig. l of the drawings consists ofthe side bars, A, and the end rods, B. The said side bars, which are preferably constructed of wood,are provided on their inner and outer faces with fastening devices or studs C, arranged in groups, 'substantially as shown.

Springs D, projecting above and below the inner and outer faces of the side bars, and grouped with the studs C, are designed to hold the ends of the laths which are inserted between the studs in position. The ends 'of the bars are perforated to receive the rods B, on which they are adapted to be adjusted toward or from each other in being accommodated to laths of different lengths.

The frame is secured to the ceiling by swiveled fastening devices, consisting of. clips E and pins F, the latter being provided with enlarged heads. These pins are round in crosssection and tapering in general contour, and in virtue of this construction they may be and to the rods B, are designed to prevent the ,heads of the pins from being entirely withdrawn from the clips.

Supporting devices G, hivotally secured to the'rods B, are designed to engage with the staging when one end of the frame is secured to the ceiling to support the frame inl the inclination or position in which it is most conveniently filled with laths'.

Having described the construction of my improved swinging lath-frame, I will briefly set forth its modus operandi.

The frame is lirst secured to the ceiling by the fastening devices attached to one ot' its ends, the supporting device attached to its depending end being engaged with the staging in position to support the frame in the desired inclination. The workman now lills'the frame with laths by insel ting their opposite ends in the spaces formed between the studs ofthe corresponding groups ofthe side bars. When the frame is filled in this manner its depending end is elevated and secured to the ceiling by driving its swiveled fastening-pin thereinto. The laths in the frame are now nailed to the ceiling, and when this has been done the end of the frame first secured thereto is detached and the frame again depended in position to have its opposite face filled with laths. ln

point until the length oi' the ceiling has'been traversed, the swiveled fastening-pins being alternately released from the ceiling to alternately present the inner and outer faces of the frame to be filled with laths. 'When the ceiling has been traversed in one direction the frame is reversed end for end, and anotherrow otlaths is secured to the ceiling in the same manner as above described, the object in reversing the frame being to avail the grouping of the studs to lock the laths together in the ordinary manner.

The devices for facilitating the lathing of 10o side walls consist in two counterpart independent bar's, G', the edges of the inner faces of which are provided with studs H located opposite each other, and arranged in groups subvthis way the frame is swung from point to stantially as shown. Stirrup-shaped springs I, located between the studs, fultillthe function ot' holding the ends of the laths against the wall to which they are to be secured, the ends of the lath being interposed between thel said springs and the wall. ends of' the bars G are adapted to be attached to the walls against which they are placed by means of pins J, having enlarged heads and adapted to be freely moved in the ends of the bars. Cords K, or the equivalentsthereof, are employed in the manner shown to retain the pins within the bars. The bars are strengthened and made more durable by inclosing their ends with metal caps M, from which iianges N project to hold in position the top most lath of those engaged with the upper group of studs. Laib-supporting frames O, secured to the sides of the bars and projecting beyond their outer faces, are designed to hold a number of laths to facilitate the tilling ot' the upper ends of the bars.

It will be observed that the inner faces of the bars are slightly crowning from end to end, the object ot' this feature ot' construction being to conform the bars to inequalities in the wall to which they are attached. If, for instance, the wall is slightly concaved, the bars, in virtue of their crowning shape, will conform to the concavity, while if the wall is con vexed, by driving the pins in the upper and lower ends of the bars thereinto, the bars themselves may be sufficiently sprung to conform to the conveXity.

In using the bars for facilitating the lathing ot' side walls they are secured tothe walls a distance apart equal to the length of a lath. The ends of the lath are now interposed between the Wall and the springs being extended only half-way into the space inclosed between the two series ot' studs secured to the edges ofthe inner faces ofthe lath-bars. The laths are now nailed to the wall, and one bar is removed from the wall and placed on the opposite side ofthe bar remaining on the wall. The ends of a new series oi'laths are noW interposed between the springs of both bars and the wall, and as the lath ends are extended only halt'- way into the space inclosed by the studs, as before described, they will not interfere with the ends of the lath already nailed to the wall, but still engaged with the bar left remaining on the wall. After this second series of laths is secured in place the bar last moved is left on the wall and the other bar placed on the opposite side ot'it, the lathing being continued by alternately moving the bars, as described.

The lath-bars are readily vertically adjusted The upper and lower on the wall, and may be suitably placed on the wall to accommodate laths of any length. By their use the work ot' lathing is not only greatly facilitated, but also rendered much less fatiguing than by the ordinary method of holding the lath in position by one hand and nailing to the wall by a hammer held in the other hand.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but that I hold myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope ot' my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A swinging lath-frame provided with devices adapting it to have its two faces alternately presented to the surface to be lathed, substantially as set forth. l

2. A swinging lath-frame the side bars of which are provided on their inner and outer faces with latir-fastenings arranged in groups, substantially as shown.

3. A swinging lath-t'rame the side bars of which are provided on their inner and outer faces with lathfastenings arranged in groups, substantially as shown, and with springs grouped with the lath-fastenings and projecting above and below the inner and outer faces of the said side bars.

4. A 'swinging lath-frame the side bars of which are joined at each end by a rod on which the said bars are adjustable toward and from each other;

5. In a swinginglath-frame, the combination, with the two side bars provided on their inner and outer faces with lath-fastenings, ot' der vices attached to the ends of the frame to adaptits two faces to be alternately presented to the surface to be lathed, substantially as set forth.

6. A swinging lath-frame the side bars of which are joined at each end by a rod, each rod being provided with a swiveled fastening device to secure the opposite ends of the frame to the frame-Work against which the lath-f'rame is placed.

7. A swinging lath-frame provided at each end with pivotal supporting devices.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

STUART PERRY.

Vitnesses:

GEO. H. THOMAS, DANIEL P. Woos'rER.

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